US EditionDOJ Official Ed Martin Faces Disciplinary Probe Over Georgetown DEI Letter
Ed Martin faces charges for threatening Georgetown Law over diversity programs while serving as interim U.S. attorney, risking sanctions including potential disbarment, D.C. Bar said.
- On Tuesday, D.C. disciplinary counsel Hamilton 'Phil' Fox filed ethics charges against Justice Department pardon attorney Ed Martin, initiating formal proceedings in Washington, D.C.
- In a Feb. 17 letter, Martin told Georgetown Law officials that a whistleblower claimed the school was teaching DEI, prompting his office to avoid hiring its students last year.
- Fox alleges Martin contacted D.C. judges directly after being told he was under investigation, bypassing official channels, and the complaint says he violated the First and Fifth Amendments by using coercion.
- The complaint could lead to sanctions or loss of license, and Martin is represented by DOJ, which criticized the filing while Attorney General Pam Bondi expanded DOJ review authority.
- This case follows earlier discipline efforts against Trump lawyers like Rudy Giuliani, with Martin's controversial tenure as interim U.S. attorney in D.C. involving Jan. 6, 2021 advocacy.
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The District of Columbia Bar initiated disciplinary proceedings against former interim U.S. Attorney Ed Martin on March 10, accusing him of trying to coerce Georgetown Law School to end diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs. Martin, who filled the U.S. Attorney role from January to May 2025 but was never confirmed, is accused of violating the D.C. Bar’s rules of professional conduct during his time in that role. If found to have commit…
Ed Martin Faces Ethics Charges
Ed Martin, the Department of Justice’s pardon attorney and former head of the weaponization working group, is facing an ethics charge after he allegedly engaged in improper conduct with Georgetown University. Washington, D.C., Disciplinary Counsel Hamilton P. Fox III filed a complaint against Martin that involves material from a letter to the dean of Georgetown University Law Center. Martin “inquired whether Georgetown Law had eliminated all DEI…
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Justice Department official Ed Martin accused of ethics violations for letter to Georgetown dean
The office that enforces the ethics code for attorneys in the nation’s capital has accused Justice Department official Ed Martin of professional misconduct for a threatening letter that he sent to Georgetown Law School’s dean last year.
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